induced

[in-doost, -dyoost]

adjective

1. brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination).

   Medical intervention in childbirth has become the norm, with hospitals relying on epidurals, C-sections, and induced labor.

   The field expedition to the Greenland Sea will study climate-induced changes in the marine food web.

2. Physics.,  (of an electric current) produced by induction.

   As a coil on a pendulum passes between the poles of an electromagnet, the induced current causes the small bulb to light up.

3. Genetics.,  (of a gene) having increased expression as a result of the inactivation of a negative control system or the activation of a positive control system (often used in combination).

   The induced genes in the transgenic variety were of unknown function.

   Our focus is on the serum-induced genes cloned from fibroblasts.

4. Biochemistry.,  noting or relating to a protein, especially an enzyme, whose synthesis has been stimulated by increased gene transcription (often used in combination).

   These induced proteins are unlikely to affect cellular DNA repair directly.

   We can now speculate that the heat-induced proteins play an important role in gastric cell protection.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of induce.

Other Word Forms

• noninduced adjective
• quasi-induced adjective
• uninduced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of induced¹

induce ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"The extent of the early alterations induced by hypertension was quite surprising," Dr. Pacholko said.

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Ten candidate molecules were developed, and three advanced to testing in rats with induced Alzheimer's disease.

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"Essentially the minds of patients were manipulated using verbal cues," she says, adding he also looked at the effects of sleep drugs, forced sensory deprivation, and induced coma.

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"The ant presence induced prolonged aggressive exchanges," Wilson Rankin said.

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Mr Gray said the first he knew about it was waking from an induced coma four weeks later, and learning he had been in a collision in his car with his girlfriend and two friends.

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